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en-usPhys.org internet news portal provides the latest news on science including: Physics, Nanotechnology, Life Sciences, Space Science, Earth Science, Environment, Health and Medicine.Facing disaster while averting tragedyNobody can foresee disaster, but changing climate conditions are prompting smart communities increasingly to prepare for them with solid emergency response plans and protocols. Images as recent as those from the 2011 wildfire in Slave Lake, Alberta or as distant as those from the 1998 ice storm in Eastern Ontario and Quebec are distressing reminders that no area is immune from devastation, and reinforce the need to be prepared.http://phys.org/news280674198.html
Other SciencesThu, 21 Feb 2013 13:04:20 EDTnews280674198Tree-ring data show history, pattern to droughtsDendrochronologists have shown that tree-ring data produce a remarkably accurate history of droughts and other climate changes. Combined with reliable drought indices and historical descriptions of climate conditions, dendrochronology – the technique of dating events and environmental change by relying on characteristic patterns of tree-ring growth – can provide a climate perspective on important events such as large-scale human migration and even the rise and fall of entire civilizations.http://phys.org/news280391880.html
EarthMon, 18 Feb 2013 06:50:01 EDTnews280391880A cold look at planet Earth: Learning from the world's frozen placesWater, the key to life, is also a key to understanding the way the natural world works. Water in the form of ice is especially instructive.http://phys.org/news279965010.html
EarthWed, 13 Feb 2013 08:10:01 EDTnews279965010Miniature probes help tackle climate changePromising research on the use of miniature pressure probes to gauge the water status of wheat leaves could ultimately help farmers adapt to the effects of climate change. http://phys.org/news278749797.html
BiologyWed, 30 Jan 2013 07:30:01 EDTnews278749797New map shows turtle nest spots cut off by conflict, at risk as globe warmsA new map of potential sea turtle nesting spots, including remote locations cut off by conflict, will help researchers track how the reptiles respond to climate change, turtle experts said today.http://phys.org/news278323133.html
BiologyFri, 25 Jan 2013 07:59:00 EDTnews278323133In perceiving climate change, feeling the heat counts(Phys.org)—Human beings around the world are observing and accurately detecting changes in their local climates, according to a new study led by Yale University researchers. The finding provides the first global evidence for the phenomenon and could have meaningful implications for attempts to combat climate change, they said.http://phys.org/news278230265.html
EarthThu, 24 Jan 2013 06:11:11 EDTnews278230265How shrubs are reducing the positive contribution of peatlands to climatePeatlands (bogs, turf moors) are among the most important ecosystems worldwide for the storage of atmospheric carbon and thus for containing the climate warming process. In the last 30 to 50 years the peat (Sphagnum) mosses, whose decay produces the peat (turf), have come under pressure by vascular plants, mostly small shrubs.http://phys.org/news275577850.html
EarthMon, 24 Dec 2012 13:24:20 EDTnews275577850New study sheds light on the disappearance of a pre-historic culture(Phys.org)—A new study has shed light on the disappearance of a pre-historic culture, predating present day aboriginal inhabitants.http://phys.org/news274521842.html
EarthWed, 12 Dec 2012 08:04:11 EDTnews274521842Climate models project increase in US wildfire riskScientists using NASA satellite data and climate models have projected drier conditions likely will cause increased fire activity across the United States in coming decades. Other findings about U.S. wildfires, including their amount of carbon emissions and how the length and strength of fire seasons are expected to change under future climate conditions, were also presented Tuesday at the annual meeting of the American Geophysical Union in San Francisco.http://phys.org/news273854083.html
EarthTue, 04 Dec 2012 14:36:39 EDTnews273854083New study shows effects of climate conditions on bark beetle outbreaksA recent study by a team of scientists from the U.S. Forest Service's Pacific Southwest and Pacific Northwest research stations, and the University of Idaho confirms the important role climate plays on bark beetle outbreaks. Based on three decades of bark beetle outbreaks in Oregon and Washington, the researchers developed a statistical probability model to quantify the contribution of various climate conditions, such as temperature and precipitation, on outbreak levels and to estimate expected amounts of damage to lodgepole pine forests (e.g. total area with beetle outbreaks).http://phys.org/news271935768.html
BiologyMon, 12 Nov 2012 09:42:53 EDTnews271935768Spanish study matches forest fires to the last two years high temperaturesA study led by some University of Barcelona researchers analyses the impact of interannual and seasonal climate variability on the fires occurred in Catalonia last summer. The study concludes that summer fires, related to summer climate conditions, are correlated with antecedent climate conditions, especially winter and spring ones with a lag time of two years. The results suggest that precipitation and temperature conditions regulate fuel flammability and fuel structure. According to the correlations observed, the study provides a model to produce long-term predictions.http://phys.org/news269933686.html
EarthSat, 20 Oct 2012 06:35:35 EDTnews269933686Recent droughts could be new normal, may lead to massive tree death, study suggestsEvidence uncovered by a University of Tennessee, Knoxville, geography professor suggests recent droughts could be the new normal. This is especially bad news for our nation's forests.http://phys.org/news269521303.html
EarthMon, 15 Oct 2012 12:01:58 EDTnews269521303Nunavut's mysterious ancient life could return by 2100Global climate change means that recently discovered ancient forests in Canada's extreme north could one day return, according to Alexandre Guertin-Pasquier of the University of Montreal's Department of Geography, who is presenting his findings at the Canadian Paleontology Conference in Toronto today. http://phys.org/news267383310.html
EarthFri, 21 Sep 2012 04:00:01 EDTnews267383310Blanket bogs need protection from climate change(Phys.org)—Blanket bogs, which provide vital habitats for a unique range of plants, birds, small mammals, reptiles and amphibians, are at risk of declining as a result of climate change.http://phys.org/news266228336.html
EarthFri, 07 Sep 2012 09:19:44 EDTnews266228336Study throws cold water on Arctic oil, gas dreamsThe Arctic, often presented as the promised land by oil companies, is likely to play only a marginal role in providing for the planet's future energy needs, a Norwegian study claimed Tuesday.http://phys.org/news265971054.html
EarthTue, 04 Sep 2012 09:51:01 EDTnews265971054Climate change may lead to fewer but more violent thunderstorms, study saysResearchers are working to identify exactly how a changing climate will impact specific elements of weather, such as clouds, rainfall, and lightning. A Tel Aviv University researcher has predicted that for every one degree Celsius of warming, there will be approximately a 10 percent increase in lightning activity.http://phys.org/news261144120.html
EarthTue, 10 Jul 2012 13:02:07 EDTnews261144120Climate in northern Europe reconstructed for the past 2,000 yearsAn international team that includes scientists from Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz (JGU) has published a reconstruction of the climate in northern Europe over the last 2,000 years based on the information provided by tree-rings. http://phys.org/news261048731.html
EarthMon, 09 Jul 2012 10:32:20 EDTnews261048731European mountain plant population shows delayed response to climate changeA modeling study from the European Alps suggests that population declines to be observed during the upcoming decades will probably underestimate the long-term effects of recent climate warming on mountain plants. A European team of ecologists around Stefan Dullinger from the Department of Conservation Biology, Vegetation and Landscape Ecology of the University of Vienna presents a new modeling tool to predict migration of mountain plants which explicitly takes population dynamic processes into account. Their results are published in Nature Climate Change.http://phys.org/news255604516.html
BiologyMon, 07 May 2012 10:15:30 EDTnews255604516Climatic effects of a solar minimumAn abrupt cooling in Europe together with an increase in humidity and particularly in windiness coincided with a sustained reduction in solar activity 2800 years ago. Scientists from the German Research Centre for Geosciences GFZ in collaboration with Swedish and Dutch colleagues provide evidence for a direct solar-climate linkage on centennial timescales. Using the most modern methodological approach, they analysed sediments from Lake Meerfelder Maar, a maar lake in the Eifel/Germany, to determine annual variations in climate proxies and solar activity.http://phys.org/news255508335.html
EarthSun, 06 May 2012 13:10:01 EDTnews255508335Climate right for Asian mosquito to spread in N. EuropeThe climate in northwestern Europe and the Balkans is becoming suitable for the Asian tiger mosquito, a disease-spreading invasive species, scientists said on Wednesday.http://phys.org/news254546682.html
BiologyWed, 25 Apr 2012 04:25:08 EDTnews254546682Scientists develop crop for livestock in dry climates(PhysOrg.com) -- Scientists at the University of Liverpool are working with international partners to develop new forage crop for the hot and dry climate of regions such as Pakistan and Saudi Arabia.http://phys.org/news252059355.html
BiologyTue, 27 Mar 2012 09:29:26 EDTnews252059355Scientists use rare mineral to correlate past climate events in Europe, AntarcticaThe first day of spring brought record high temperatures across the northern part of the United States, while much of the Southwest was digging out from a record-breaking spring snowstorm. The weather, it seems, has gone topsy-turvy. Are the phenomena related? Are climate changes in one part of the world felt half a world away?http://phys.org/news251559982.html
EarthWed, 21 Mar 2012 14:46:31 EDTnews251559982Tree rings may underestimate climate response to volcanic eruptions: studySome climate cooling caused by past volcanic eruptions may not be evident in tree-ring reconstructions of temperature change because large enough temperature drops lead to greatly shortened or even absent growing seasons, according to climate researchers, who compared tree-ring temperature reconstructions with model simulations of past temperature changes.http://phys.org/news247668656.html
EarthSun, 05 Feb 2012 13:00:03 EDTnews247668656Fire destroys 1,500 hectares of Patagonia forestA fire has destroyed or seriously damaged 1,500 hectares (3,700 acres) of vegetation in a Patagonia nature preserve in southern Chile, forcing the evacuation of 400 people, officials said Thursday.http://phys.org/news244438592.html
EarthFri, 30 Dec 2011 03:36:51 EDTnews244438592Only few seabird species contract avian malariaSeabirds often live in large colonies in very confined spaces. Parasites, such as fleas and ticks, take advantage of this ideal habitat with its rich supply of nutrition. As a result, they can transmit blood parasites like avian malaria to the birds. http://phys.org/news242911489.html
BiologyMon, 12 Dec 2011 11:40:01 EDTnews242911489Climate change causing massive movement of tree species across the WestA huge "migration" of trees has begun across much of the West due to global warming, insect attack, diseases and fire, and many tree species are projected to decline or die out in regions where they have been present for centuries, while others move in and replace them.http://phys.org/news239518907.html
EarthThu, 03 Nov 2011 06:02:02 EDTnews239518907Savannas, forests in a battle of the biomes, researchers findClimate change, land use and other human-driven factors could pit savannas and forests against each other by altering the elements found by Princeton University researchers to stabilize the two. Without this harmony, the habitats, or biomes, could increasingly encroach on one other to the detriment of the people and animals that rely on them.http://phys.org/news239300929.html
EarthMon, 31 Oct 2011 17:28:56 EDTnews239300929Modern ecosystems feel ancient climate change effectEarth's animals migrate to ensure their survival in suitable conditions. This is especially true when climate cycles switch between warm and cool periods. Now researchers in Denmark and the United Kingdom shed new light on how quickly species have had to migrate in the past in order to keep pace with the changing climate. Presented in the journal Science, the findings show how small-ranged species - which account for most of the planets biodiversity - have found a niche in areas where migration has not been intense. http://phys.org/news237631090.html
BiologyWed, 12 Oct 2011 09:43:56 EDTnews237631090Plant genomes may help next generation respond to climate changeIn the face of climate change, animals have an advantage over plants: They can move. But a new study led by Brown University researchers shows that plants may have some tricks of their own.http://phys.org/news237127669.html
BiologyThu, 06 Oct 2011 14:00:01 EDTnews237127669Model shows polar ice caps can recover from warmer climate-induced meltingA growing body of recent research indicates that, in Earth's warming climate, there is no "tipping point," or threshold warm temperature, beyond which polar sea ice cannot recover if temperatures come back down. New University of Washington research indicates that even if Earth warmed enough to melt all polar sea ice, the ice could recover if the planet cooled again.http://phys.org/news232820340.html
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